An amended rule of procedure that affects resident participation in West University Place City Council public meetings is one step closer to becoming an official ordinance, after council members approved modified changes during the Sept. 8 council meeting. Council members Kalie Rainsberger, John Bertini and Mayor Pro Tem John Barnes voted in favor.

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Leading up to the September meeting, the agenda document listed the public participation rule as one of the five rules within the city’s rules of procedure that were up for modification. The proposed change would include all written comments submitted for City Council meetings only as an attachment to the meeting minutes, instead of being read aloud during the public comment portion of meetings, according to agenda documents.

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